Critical Reception
| Professional ratings | |
|---|---|
| Review scores | |
| Source | Rating |
| Allmusic | |
| Digital Spy | |
| Entertainment Weekly | B+ |
| Rolling Stone | |
| Sputnikmusic | |
| Slant Magazine | |
The album received generally positive reviews from critics. Allmusic writer Stephen Thomas Erlewine said "Keeps Gettin' Better proves that no other teen pop singer of her era has a better track record than Christina and if the new songs are any indication, the title of this hits comp is no lie either." Nick Levine from Digital Spy noted the "spunky attitude" featured and compared her recordings to recording artist Britney Spears saying "She may have started out with similar material to another Mickey Mouse Club alumnus, but Aguilera moved on to bigger and better things more quickly than Britney, co-writing the lion's share of her second album, Stripped, and making her third, Back To Basics, a 2-CD pop-soul-jazz-blues opus." Chris Willman from Entertainment Weekly noted the lack of traditional Aguilera styles stating "The singer has banished melisma and belting from these electronic confections, and her chops sound just as hot set on simmer." He also compares the "You Are What You Are (Beautiful)" remix to John Lennon noting, "The real curiosity is a 'Beautiful' redo that imagines how John Lennon might've sounded if he'd lived into the age of electro." Nick Butler from Sputnikmusic positively received Aguilera's new recordings saying "Christina the pop singer is dead, long live Electro Christina. She couldn't signpost her new direction any more clearly if she announced the title of the next album as Bionic. At any rate, these four tracks are more than enough to build anticipation for what could be a very, very good album."
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